Special education plays an important role in modern American education. Research understanding about those who require special education services have resulted in special education services that can be directed and transformative. In the United States of America, Special Education negatively impacts African American students. The negative impact of Special Education on African American students can be seen in the disproportion representation of those students in Special Education classrooms. By using Paulo Freire’s work, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, special education will be not only examined, but solutions to the current problems will be explored. Hopefully, readers will have a better understanding of the challenges of the American Special Education Policy as well as suggestions to eliminate these challenges.
In the article, Integration and Inclusion A Troubling Nexus: Race, Disability, And Special Education, David J. Connor and Beth A. Ferri, discuss how special education policy in the United States developed in part as a response to the de-segregation of public schools in the south (p. 107). In this article, these authors report that after segregation ended special education rates climbed. According to these authors, “In addition to tracking, a response to the integration of students of color was the increase in special classes, located in different parts of the school building, and even in separate school” (p. 107). While special education has helped …show more content…
The first change to Special Education must include informing students and parents about Special Education and their rights. Parents of all students must be aware of and know the definition of special needs. Further, those parents who do not speak English primarily ought to have advocate and others who can help them to navigate the Special Education system. Educating the parents of those students with special needs and enhancing their voice is
In the article, Integration and Inclusion A Troubling Nexus: Race, Disability, And Special Education, David J. Connor and Beth A. Ferri, discuss how special education policy in the United States developed in part as a response to the de-segregation of public schools in the south (p. 107). In this article, these authors report that after segregation ended special education rates climbed. According to these authors, “In addition to tracking, a response to the integration of students of color was the increase in special classes, located in different parts of the school building, and even in separate school” (p. 107). While special education has helped …show more content…
The first change to Special Education must include informing students and parents about Special Education and their rights. Parents of all students must be aware of and know the definition of special needs. Further, those parents who do not speak English primarily ought to have advocate and others who can help them to navigate the Special Education system. Educating the parents of those students with special needs and enhancing their voice is